12 RING I'H.KON. 



those of the two latter inclining to greyish on their 

 \vebs : the top of the head is of a bright red : the 

 neck, the upper part of the back, and the breast 

 greyish, glossed with bluish : the legs, which, as 

 well as the tarsi, are covered with feathers, are of 

 a greyish ash, as are the toes and claws. The red- 

 crowned Pigeon is remarkable for the fleshy sub- 

 stance on the upper mandible of the beak, which 

 is varied with many small tubercles, and covered 

 with very fine short downy feathers : the feathers 

 of the neck are also very remarkable, being very 

 much elongated, and terminating in a sharp point ; 

 they are of a triangular shape at their tips. 

 Native of Antigua in the Isle of Panay. 



b. Oculis are& nuda non circumdatis. 

 b. Eyes not surrounded by a naked space. 



RING PIGEON. 



(Columba Falumbus.) 



Co. cincrea, rectricibus portice atris, remigibus primoribus margine 

 exteriore albidis, collo utrinque albo. 



Grey Pigeon, with the tips of the tail-feathers dark j the ex- 

 terior margin of the primary quills whitish j the neck white 

 on each side. 



Columba Palumbus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 282. 19. ten. Faun. 

 Suec. No. IQB.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 776. Brits. Orn. 1. 8p. 

 6. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 601. 32.Temm. Pig. Ind. 444. 

 Temm. Man. d'Orni.p. 276.Nills. Orn. Suec. p. 29 1. 



